The US House of Representatives Tuesday voted 229-182 to pass a resolution creating an independent ethics panel to investigate allegations of malfeasance against House lawmakers. The Office of Congressional Ethics will consist...
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Telecommunications companies who have assisted the government in its warrantless surveillance program would not be provided retroactive immunity from prosecution under the latest version of proposed surveillance legislation being considered by the US House of Representatives....
A member of the National Human Rights Commission of Indonesia said Tuesday that the commission has launched an investigation into human rights abuses committed during the regime of former Indonesian President Haji Mohammad Suharto [BBC profile; JURIST...
The UK House of Commons voted 346-206 Tuesday in favor of the EU reform treaty , properly known as the Treaty of Lisbon . MPs adopted the European Union (Amendment) Bill ,...
Democrats in the US House of Representatives Tuesday failed to secure enough votes to override President George W. Bush's veto of the Intelligence Authorization Act of 2008 , which would have prohibited the Central Intelligence...
State of Kansas ex rel Paul J. Morrison, Attorney General of the State of Kansas v. The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius, Governor of the State of Kansas, Kansas Supreme Court, March 11, 2008 [ruling that an advisory opinion on the anti-funeral...
2007 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, March 11, 2008 . Read the full text of the report. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....
Steven J. Hatfill, M.D., v. Michael B. Mukasey, Attorney General, et al., United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, March 11, 2008 [granting request by former USA Today reporter Toni Locy to block a daily contempt of court...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday granted a request filed by former USA Today reporter Toni Locy to block a daily contempt of court fine while Locy...
Leaders of Uganda's rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) will stand trial in Uganda rather than at the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni told AP Tuesday. Museveni...
